Automation Engineer III

About The Department
At Novo Nordisk, we are helping to improve the quality of life for millions of people worldwide. For more than 100 years, we have led the way in diabetes care. Being part of Novo Nordisk gives our employees the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world. In NC, we operate three pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are responsible for fulfilling different steps in our injectable and oral treatment supply chains.

Our newer Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) facility in Clayton, NC sits on 825,000 square‑feet of state‑of‑the‑art equipment and houses fermentation, recovery, and purification for ingredients used in Novo Nordisk’s innovative oral products. At API, you’ll join a global network of manufacturing professionals who are passionate about what they do.

• Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
• Generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance – effective day one
• Guaranteed 8% 401(k) contribution plus individual company match option
• Family focused benefits including 14 weeks paid parental leave and 6 weeks paid family medical leave
• Free access to Novo Nordisk‑marketed pharmaceutical products
• Tuition assistance
• Life & disability insurance
• Employee referral awards

Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) and support successful design & implementation of automation for process or utility systems. Provide input, review, and approve design and requirement specifications. Secure proper and efficient implementation & qualification. Support production and other stakeholders. Improve reliability of the process control systems to meet current and projected customer, business, and regulatory requirements through a focus on people and equipment, while serving as the gatekeeper for standards.

Reports to Manager, Senior Manager.

• Develop and manage plans to maintain and improve process control systems
• Support and manage implementation of systems and interfaces
• Support and manage corporate, product supply, PS, stakeholder, and departmental initiatives/projects
• Schedule and execute plans in coordination with manufacturing schedules
• Operate as automation lead on projects that involve process control systems
• Assist with developing and managing budgets for maintaining and improving process control systems
• Develop and maintain automation standards, specifications and maintenance plans
• Own self‑development and initiative to understand the site process control systems
• Adhere to automation standards and establish new automation standards when necessary
• Lead the site in establishing automation direction and strategy (hardware and software standards)
• Lead troubleshooting for automation‑related downtime
• Function as a subject matter expert (SME) for assigned areas/technologies
• Support audits and inspections as SME for process control systems
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of stakeholder management
• Coach and train colleagues and stakeholders in relevant areas and develop training material when necessary
• Utilize the appropriate cLEAN® tools when relevant
• Manage assignments with a quality mindset that focuses on risk management and mitigation
• Ensure the quality of systems adheres to company standards and change‑management standards
• Participate in the development of new SOPs, best practices, and maintenance procedures
• Follow all safety and environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other accountabilities, as assigned

Ability to work in an open office environment with the possibility of frequent distraction. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering related field from an accredited university
• Minimum ten (10) years of engineering experience in process‑based manufacturing, utility and/or packaging systems
• Experience troubleshooting automation and control systems and batch processes
• Experience working in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
• Knowledgeable in SCADA (iFix, Ignition, Factory Talk), PLC & HMI (Rockwell/AB, Siemens, etc.), historian/data collections
• Programming and…